EUDXF - The European DX Foundation

The Antipodes Island project was carried out through a partnership with the Department of Conservation (DoC) of New Zealand. Our team of four (Cezar, VE3LYC; Craig, VK5CE; Stan, SQ8X; and Bob, KD1CT) re­ceived the permission to land and op­erate two radio stations for a period of four days. While we covered the transportation cost for a 6-member DoC crew and a lot of building materi­als they had to bring on the island, we have benefited from their on-site lo­gistics, including being allowed to op­erate from the Castaway Depot, using their generators, batteries, etc. The team met in Invercargill on January… Continue reading →

Imagine the feeling of having worked for 10 months planning a DX­pedition, with charter boat arranged, and half the expedition team formed, only to see it cancelled two weeks prior to announcing it to the world? This is the start of the VK9WA story! We were days away from announcing a DXpedition to a top 25 location, but were beaten to the press by another team. Needless to say, we were very disappointed after having worked so hard putting the plans in place. We gave Bernie (W3UR) a call, ask­ing for his advice on how best to pro­ceed given what… Continue reading →

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